re: Logs Named By Current DateTime

RLapinski — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:42:10 GMT

You could also use undocumented environment variables: %date% and %time% and some string extraction techniques. Those variables are updated by system in real-time so all you need it's just to use them. Because of this you may want also to use additional variable to assign your filename string due to the they may change during script executions (if you use them multiple times).

And it also depends on regional settings (in Your example also).

Here's simple example (I'm using it in my scripts):

(for English US) echo %date:~10,4%%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%_%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%

Example output: 20101013_1734

(for English UK) echo %date:~0,4%%date:~5,2%%date:~8,2%_%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%

Example output: 20101013_1734

Greetings,

Robert